Taiwan’s booming artificial intelligence and semiconductor industries will drive new power demand beyond 5 gigawatts by 2030, though the government guarantees a stable energy supply through at least 2034. Economic Vice Minister Lai Chien-hsin (賴建信) outlined the country’s power grid strategy during a forum on Tuesday. 

With 36 data centers and the world’s ninth-largest supercomputing capacity, Taiwan’s annual power demand growth between 2026 and 2035 is projected to double that of the previous decade. Despite this surge, economic officials and state-run Taipower routinely assess future energy needs to ensure that power plant development outpaces commercial consumption. 

The vice minister said, "Only with a stable power supply can our society remain stable. We have substantial demand growth expected through 2032. I want to tell everyone here that even though AI demand will be around 5GW by 2034, our net power supply capacity will actually increase by 12.2GW. This is based on the schedule of all our power unit renewal plans currently underway."

To support this growth sustainably, Taiwan continues to aggressively expand its green energy footprint, which reached 22.9GW last year. The government plans to connect 5.3GW of offshore wind power to the grid this year, expand rooftop solar subsidies, and require heavy industrial users to invest in self-generation or energy storage systems.